Expand upon the public issues of Yanshuei River’s “river protection movement” and “cultural memory preservation”.

Research on “Life in the Yongkang Settlement” to develop local innovative courses and record down the day-to-day lives of its residents.

Establish “community institutes” based on local learning and ways of living.

Develop public learning groups and think of a way to increase the locals’ attendance rate.

Develop a sustainable strategy to manage lifelong learning for adults.

School Policy

Promote awareness of Yanshuei River’s upstream, midstream, and downstream ecosystems, protect the environment, preserve cultural resources, construct a unique community among other issues, and establish a “Yanshuei River collections database”.

Organize a series of educational visits to learn about settlement culture along with classroom learning and video documentations to preserve disappearing industries in the community and reconstruct historical memories.

Construct unique communities in Yongkang district, namely an urban community, a military dependents’ village community, a farming community, and a small and medium-sized businesses industrial community. By taking each community’s differences into account, the Institute of Sifenzi Military Dependents’ Village, the Institute of Active Aging Community, and the Institute of Urban Learning will also be set up.

Implement the operating strategy of “course learning-club mentoring-public participation” to motivate the Yongkang Community College Water Environment Protection volunteer team, Rainbow Outreach volunteer team, and Friends of Yongkang volunteer team to pay attention to public affairs.

Train adults to adapt to a pluralistic society, develop their learning potential, encourage regional organizations to form strategic alliances, and provide adults with multiple channels to obtain learning resources.

School Vision: Construct a public school in the Yanshuei River district focused on people.

Course Planning Objectives

Conduct in-depth investigations into public topics of Yanshuei River and promote the Yanshuei River Protection Program.

Satisfy the students’ learning needs and provide knowledge, skills, or activities based upon current events.

Bring together the power of regional organizations to develop unique courses with localized themes.

Gain appreciation for arts and humanities and adapt upon creative aesthetics by setting up a Living Aesthetics Program.

Set up study groups and encourage the members to form “autonomous club courses” to guide them on a path of continuous learning and growth.